*Sigh...so not sure what 2 do! Split stay Dis/Darkside or just Darkside?

[vacation_junkie]

I am an over thinker , Over planner , Over worrier.
I have been working on our annual January Escape the Cold Snow trip to Orlando.

We are a family of 3. DH & DS (13) Love rides...
Me, well...I'm a ride wussie and enjoy sitting out watching them on most

We usually do the regular 7-nights , 4-park ...stay at a Disney resort sort of thing. Take a day off and go check out the flea markets. Simple easy-peasy run like lunatics around the parks vacation.

We have never ventured off to the Dark Side.

Until.....

January 2014 plan- Split stay between HRH (Buy Orlando 5 park Flex pass)
&
Port Orleans or Wilderness Lodge w/2 day Park Hopper.
(BUT only if Disney is going to offer Free dining. Free dining is an excuse to stick with a little Dis Trip in the Mix.
I feel that because we go every year that there really isn't much that has changed to want us to stay a full week or so again on-site.)

After much thought and over planning already for our January trip I am now wondering if we should just skip Disney all together. Put it on the back burner til Jan 2015.

I am wondering if I'd be making the right decision if we switched our Split stay to HRH & A Sea World On-site hotel. (Either Springhill Suites or Residence Inn Seaworld) Staying 8 nights total between the 2.

This way we will have the benefits of Quick Que & Express pass for the parks. And can have an enjoyable newbie visit to U.S , I,O.A. , Sea World and the Water Parks without feeling like we are rushing through it. When we come home from Disney I feel like I need a vacation from the Disney vacation.

I told DH & DS this new plan last night and they both kinda looked at me like I suddenly had 2 heads.

I think we are all so programmed into thinking that Orlando = Disney!!!

My biggest concern is that I will hear the dreaded "I'm Bored, SEE we should have gone to Disney" .

thoughts?

 

[RMulieri]

I would skip disney..In fact we did that last year.Stayed onsite at Unviersal for 5 nights and never ONCE wished we went to Disney.This year we are staying 7 nights at Universal ( Portofino Bay again) and MIGHT go to MK for just the day.But the closer we are getting to our trip next month, the less we want to go to Disney at all again this year.